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-Introduction
-Basic
Layout
-Additional
Layout Options
-Soil-Water
Relationship
-Product
Selection Guide
-Spacing
Between Dripperlines
-Length
of Dripperlines
-Other
Components
-Slopes
-Simplified
Design
-Subsurface
Systems
-System
Monitoring
-Application
Rates
-System
Flow Rates
-How
to Specify
-Technical
Data
-Performance
Specs
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Each system should be monitored so that if a problem were to occur, it could be detected early without allowing the plants to stress.
The following may be helpful in monitoring the system.
- Install a pressure gauge in the system as far away as possible from the water source. The pressure should then be tracked on a regular basis when the system is operating. Any significant reduction in pressure could indicate a problem and should be addressed. Line breaks, dirty filters, reduced water source pressures are possible causes.
- For more sophisticated monitoring where one could track the system flow through the
DURA-FLOTM
PC dripperline, a flow meter could be installed. Compare the actual flow to the theoretical flow for the entire system or just a particular zone. A change in flow rate would indicate a problem.
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